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Playoffs 2 - July 20

It is so nice to feel appreciated in this world. We
appreciate everyone reading this recap, and so we have
set up a bracket as to who is in the post-season and who
they play on the left hand side of the screen. I am also
appreciative that Steve Altes from CPA wrote me,
expressing how much he enjoyed the recaps.

With that being said, I am now shedding the veil of
unbiasedness and will now root for the CPA to win the
title. I can't really say any good things about them
this week, though - since they are not playing this
week. Hence, since the CPA is not competing this week,
there will be no recap until next Tuesday and I will be
trying to pick up a tie that looks close to the ones
that they use on the show. See you next week!

Chico, what are you doing with that hammer?

(C-Note: Apparently, you can dodge a ball. So you want
to dodge an Extreme Dodgeball recap as well. I'll let
you do it... if you can also dodge this hammer.
Comprende?)

Uh.... ok. Well, I guess with that being said, there
will be a recap - and it will be the second half of the
quarterfinals. The Barbell Mafia (3-2) take on the
Stallion Battalion (1-4), and Armed Response (3-2) take
on the SBD mimes (2-3). Does this sound familiar? It
should - these are the exact same match-ups that took
place two weeks ago. On that episode, the Mafia and the
Response were victorious. Will we get the same results
here?

Round 1 - To start off the match, a 260 pound Grimes
rips the ball out of the hands of a 95 pound Knisner,
but it's the Jockeys that get the first 2 kills. Foot
faults doom the Battalion, as three of the Stallions get
knocked out due to them stepping out of bounds, so
instead of a 4-2 advantage, it's Garcia vs. Grimes and
Rush. Garcia does take out Grimes, which leaves Garcia
and Rush, but Rush wins the shoot-out at the OK Corral,
and the Mafia take the first game. (Mafia leads, 1-0)

Round 2 - We have another three footfalls by the Jockeys
quickly, and that leads into a 5-1 situation with the
Mafia Vs. Sanchez. Using a ball as a deflective shield,
Sanchez does come back to knock out 4 of the Mafia until
it's himself Vs. Grimes, but Grimes hits the
regeneration target, which brings the Mafia back onto
the field. That extra time gives Sanchez the opportunity
to hit the regeneration target for his own team, but he
decides to hold on to his ball as a shield. That turns
out to be a fatal mistake, because Tyrone Rush's first
shot forces Sanchez to drop the ball, which ends the
game and the match. Sanchez argues to the refs that
Rush's shot hit him in the face, but as the replay
shows, Sanchez deflected Rush's ball into his own face,
so the shot is legal. (Mafia wins, 2-0)

Grimes is asked by Jerri if he feels any remorse.
Grimes' response: "Hell No!" Jerri tells Grimes that for
taking out the little people, his team may be vilified -
and I realize the irony of that statement and who
exactly is saying it. Heh.

The Battalion has needed to worry less about the face
than their feet - they step out of bounds 6 times during
the match - and that forces them to step out of the
competition. You would think that as small as they are,
they would know exactly where they would be placing
their feet. The Mimes seem to be more nimble (one of
them even pulls a pre-match "You Got Served"), as we see
if they can place themselves into the semi-finals. For
them to do that, however, they have to get past an Armed
Response team that plastered them in the regular season.

Round 1 - Benedetto shows his aggression by bouncing off
the wall during the warm-ups. They bounce all over the
mimes to start off the match as they get the first 4
kills in the match. It's down to Pontius, but he catches
Benedetto's throw and Sande is back in the game. The joy
for the Mimes doesn't last too long, as Manumalena
catches Sande's throw, and a returning Benedetto takes
out Pontius for the win. Manumalena tosses in a 'you're
out' scream and a thumb toss for good measure. (AR
leads, 1-0).

Round 2 - The mimes get control of the two little balls,
but they don't do anything with it. The Response does,
as they systematically pick off each mime. Bailey is the
last mime standing and she goes for the regenerator
target - but the shot is picked off by Benedetto and the
match is over. (AR wins, 2-0).

So we get the same match-ups as 2 weeks ago - and the
same results as 2 weeks ago. Based on the seedings and
who played who, the semi-finals should look like this -

CPA (1) Vs. Ink. inc. (4)
Barbell Mafia (2) Vs. Armed Response (3)

Who should be the favorites to win the match? Well, the
Armed Response did defeat the Mafia during the regular
season, but now I can put my CPA favoritism tie on for
one second with this stat; The CPA's regular season
record includes wins over Ink Inc., Barbell Mafia, AND
Armed Response, meaning that the CPA's have already
beaten everyone who is left in the competition. The
Inksters did take the CPA's to the limit during the
regular season, so that should be fun - and the other
match, which also went the maximum three rounds last
time around, should be a fun high-octane showdown as
well.

I always appreciate the e-mail, so if any other CPA
people want to e-mail me, if someone from another team
has a dissenting opinion or if you are just a fan who
wants to write in, you can do so at
gordon@gameshownewsnet.com.

Next week - I read off more e-mail that you write, and
in the semi-finals, two more teams get the write-off.